Jiuquan topographic map

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Lanzhou's main urban area is constrained in size by its geographical topography, since it is a typical valley sandwiched by mountains, with the Yellow River crossing by. The topography of Lanzhou hampers this city to become a continuous megacity like Beijing or Xi’an. The General Office of the State Council…

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The terrain is highlands, mountains and loess hills. Elevation averages 2000 meters above sea-level.

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Maqu County (simplified Chinese: 玛曲县; traditional Chinese: 瑪曲縣; pinyin: Mǎqū Xiàn; Tibetan: རྨ་ཆུ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: Rma chu rdzong, ZYPY: Maqu Zong) is a county of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Gansu province of the People's Republic of China,…

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Baiyin is part loess plateau, part desert. Elevation ranges from 1,275 to 3,321 meters (4,183 to 10,896 feet) above sea-level. The climate is very arid with only 110–352 mm (4.3–13.9 in) of annual precipitation. Annual evaporation is 2,101 mm (82.7 in) resulting in a net loss of approximately 1,800 mm (71…

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Gannan, as illustrated by this chart for Xiahe, has an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc) that grades into an alpine climate (ETH) at the highest elevations. The climate is characterised by mild, rainy summers and frigid, but dry and sunny, winters.

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With an elevation of nearly 3,000 metres (9,800 ft), Hezuo has an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), with long, very cold, dry winters, and short, mild summers. The monthly daily mean temperature in January, the coldest month, is −9.3 °C (15.3 °F), while the same figure for July, the warmest month, is…

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